Toilet paper holder



l June 16, 1931. H. GoLDBEcK 1,810,272

TOILET PAPER HOLDER Filed Nov. 15, 1928 Patented June 16, 1931 ff l nutren? stares HERMAN LOUIS eoLnBEoK, oE ADELAIDE 'AUSTRALIAL i i TOILET PAPER yiniLnERf Application filed November 15, 192s. semaine, miese; 'l

This invention aims kto provide a novel means whereby rolls of toilet paper, balls of twine, or anything of a similar nature, cannot be removed from a shaft, except by unwinding the material from the shaft, the obj ect in View being to prevent the theft of the roll of paper, orthe ball of twine, by sliding it endwise off the shaft.v

Itis within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. f

Vith the above and other objects in view,

which will appear as the description proceeds, the inventionresides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details-of construction hereinafter described 3-3 of Figure 1.

The numeral 1 marks a hollow shaft made up of tubular members 2 and 3, having their inner extremities in abutment,as shown at 50 in Figure 1. End pieces 4 are provided, and

constitute means whereby a roll of paper, a

ball of string, or any equivalent material,

cannot be slid off the shaft 1 longitudinally thereof. Y The end pieces e are secured to hubs 5, which, in turn, are secured within the outer ends of the tubular members 2 and 3 of the shaft 1. The hubs 5 carry supports 6, of any desired sort, vwhereby the shaft 1 may bek held securely and against unauthorized removal in the frame (not shown) in which it is mounted. ,y f n e An anchor 7, in the form of a block, is held lin the tubular member f3 by securing devices 9. The securing devices 9 also hold a-tubular stem 8 in the anchor 7 A combined guide and keeper 10 is secured in the inner end of thetubularmember 2 and 'has a bore 11 which is flared at one end, as shown at 12, to facilitate the introductionof the stem8l through the bofdy *10, during the assemblingof the device. Thepart 1O'is4 called 55l Ya guide because the stem 8 is inserted through it, and- `it may properly'be alluded "to as a 'lreeper because the latch mechanism, to be described hereinafter, cooperates with it.l The end of the stem 8isk tapered as at 14,2to e0 cooperate with the flared part12of thev bore y11 when the stem 8 entersthe guide andk keeper 10` during the'pufngtogeher of' the device. 1. n y.

Across pin or retainer 15 isy mounted inthe l '6:5v

tubularstem 8 near to the inner end ofthe stem. A stop 16,"in`the form of a pin, is

`mounted in the stem` 8 at a point midway between the endsofy the stem. Cppositely 'disposed resilient expansible latches 17" are 170 supplied.- The latches 17 may be made in any desired way. ltmay be` expedient to fashion them outof a piece of resilient wire Which is crossed on itself, as at.18, to-form an eye 19engaged around the retainer 15,and to 75 f form diverging armsy 20' which extend out Vwardly through slots 21Y in the stem 8."

The arms 20 (terminate. in hooks 22 which engage aroundgthe stop pin 16and limit the i' outward swinging movement ofthe. arms 20,V so 'the varms 20 tendmg'to expand. A releasing ring23 is slidably mounted inthe tubular member 2, andi has projections 24, such as screws, whichshde `1n longitudinal slotsk 25`V in the tubularmember 2.., The hole l:27 JVe5 in the 'ring 23 is of such diameter thaty the stem 8 may be inserted through the ring.

kW'hen the parts yare arranged as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, ka person cannot n separate "the members 2 and 3 of the shaft 90 1, and remove a roll from the shaft, because the latches 17 engage with the inner end of the Vkeeper 10 and prevent a separation of Y the members 2 and 3. When, however, the` paper is used up, or when the twine or other: material is unwound from the shaft 1, then the operator has access to the projections 24 on ythe releasing ring, andV itisfpossible to slidethe releasing ring to the right in Figure 1 until the ring rides on thearms 20 and 5l l10012 moves them into the tubular stem 8, out Vof engagement with the keeper The tubular member 3 then can be moved to the right in Figure 1 out of engagement with the tubular member 2, the stem 8 being withdrawn from the guide 10.

A new roll can be put on the member 2 and the member 3 can be shoved back into place, the stem 8 passing through the guide l0 10 and through the ring 23, the latches 17 expanding outwardly through the slots 21 Y in the tubular stem 8, into engagement with the keeper 10.

What is claimed is n y 1. In a device of the class described, a sha-ft comprising tubular members, a stem carried by one of the tubular members and of such length as to enter the other of the tubular members, said other of the tubular members r having a keeper, a latch mounted on the stem and engagea le With the keeper, a releaser slidable on the stem and cooperating with the latch to move it inwardly out of engage ment with the keeper, the releaser being accessible from Without the shaft but being so located that it will be covered by a roll on the shaft, and means for holding a roll on the shaft against removal from the shaft longitudinally of the shaft.

A 2. In a device of theV class described, a

shaft comprising tubular members, an annular keeper mounted in one of the tubular members and constituting a mounting for the other of the tubular members, a stem carried by said other of the tubular members and of such length as to extend through the keepery and be supported thereby, a latch mounted on the stem and engageable with the keeper, a releaser slidable on the stem 10 and cooperating with the latch to move it into the stem and out of engagement with the keeper, the releaser being accessible from without the shaft but being so located that it will be covered by a roll on the shaft, and 15 means for holding the roll on the shaft against removal from the shaft longitudinally of the shaft. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflxed my signature.

HERMAN LOUIS GOLDBECK. 

